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Spring Weather in Stockton California, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 20°F, from 65°F to 85°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 96°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 11°F, from 44°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Stockton typically range from 61°F to 94°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 54°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Stockton

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FWinterSummerMar 165°FMar 165°F44°F44°FMay 3185°FMay 3185°F56°F56°FApr 171°FApr 171°F47°F47°FMay 178°FMay 178°F51°F51°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Stockton

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummervery coldcoldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Badajoz, Spain (5,695 miles away); Al Jīzah, Jordan (7,414 miles); and Beverley, Western Australia, Australia (9,182 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Stockton (view comparison).

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The spring in Stockton experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 53% to 25%.

The clearest day of the spring is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on January 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 55%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Stockton

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerMar 147%Mar 147%May 3175%May 3175%Apr 155%Apr 155%May 164%May 164%clearmostly clearpartly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Stockton, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 27% and ending it at 4%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 28% on February 20, and its lowest chance is 0% on August 1.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Stockton

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%WinterSummerMar 127%Mar 127%May 314%May 314%Apr 117%Apr 117%May 19%May 19%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Stockton is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.8 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Stockton

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 inWinterSummerMar 12.9 inMar 12.9 inMay 310.3 inMay 310.3 inApr 11.6 inApr 11.6 inMay 10.7 inMay 10.7 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the spring in Stockton, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 3 hours, 14 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 8 seconds, and weekly increase of 14 minutes, 54 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 23 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Stockton

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerMar 1912 hr, 8 minMar 1912 hr, 8 minnightnightdaydayMay 3114 hr, 37 minMay 3114 hr, 37 minMay 113 hr, 48 minMay 113 hr, 48 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Stockton is 7:22 AM on March 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 38 minutes earlier at 5:44 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:59 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 22 minutes later at 8:21 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 10, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets 14 hours, 48 minutes later, at 8:30 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:17 AM and sets 9 hours, 32 minutes later, at 4:49 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in Stockton

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMWinterSummer5:44 AM5:44 AMMay 318:21 PMMay 318:21 PM6:35 AM6:35 AMMar 15:59 PMMar 15:59 PM6:49 AM6:49 AMApr 17:28 PMApr 17:28 PM6:08 AM6:08 AMMay 17:56 PMMay 17:56 PMMar 10DSTMar 10DSTSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Stockton

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer001020303040506001010203040506070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Stockton

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerFeb 93:00 PMFeb 93:00 PMFeb 244:31 AMFeb 244:31 AMMar 101:01 AMMar 101:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 234:50 PMApr 234:50 PMMay 78:23 PMMay 78:23 PMMay 236:54 AMMay 236:54 AMJun 65:38 AMJun 65:38 AMJun 216:09 PMJun 216:09 PM7:14 AM7:14 AM5:32 PM5:32 PM5:16 PM5:16 PM7:06 AM7:06 AM7:44 AM7:44 AM7:54 PM7:54 PM7:04 PM7:04 PM7:15 AM7:15 AM7:57 PM7:57 PM7:55 PM7:55 PM6:28 AM6:28 AM8:02 PM8:02 PM7:52 PM7:52 PM5:33 AM5:33 AM5:26 AM5:26 AM9:18 PM9:18 PM8:53 PM8:53 PM5:56 AM5:56 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Stockton is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Stockton

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerMar 10%Mar 10%May 310%May 310%Apr 10%Apr 10%May 10%May 10%comfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Stockton is rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing from 6.8 miles per hour to 8.9 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on June 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour, while on October 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Stockton

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphWinterSummerMar 16.8 mphMar 16.8 mphMay 318.9 mphMay 318.9 mphApr 17.2 mphApr 17.2 mphMay 17.9 mphMay 17.9 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Stockton throughout the spring is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 86% on May 31.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Stockton

Wind Direction in the Spring in StocktonSWMarAprMay0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Stockton is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Stockton is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 54°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 53°F on May 5.

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Stockton

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay50°F50°F51°F51°F52°F52°F53°F53°F54°F54°F55°F55°F56°F56°F57°F57°F58°F58°FWinterSummerMay 553°FMay 553°FMar 154°FMar 154°FMay 3154°FMay 3154°FApr 154°FApr 154°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Stockton typically lasts for 10 months (319 days), from around January 23 to around December 7, rarely starting after February 21, or ending before November 17.

The spring in Stockton is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 96% to 100% over the course of the season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Stockton

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Stocktongrowing seasonMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer96%Mar 196%Mar 1100%May 31100%May 31100%Apr 1100%Apr 1100%May 1100%May 1very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Stockton are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 989°F, from 160°F to 1,148°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Stockton

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay200°F200°F400°F400°F600°F600°F800°F800°F1,000°F1,000°F1,200°F1,200°FWinterSummerMar 1160°FMar 1160°FMay 311,148°FMay 311,148°FApr 1362°FApr 1362°FMay 1677°FMay 1677°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Stockton is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.1 kWh, from 3.9 kWh to 8.0 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Stockton

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in StocktonMarAprMay0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhWinterSummerMar 13.9 kWhMar 13.9 kWhMay 318.0 kWhMay 318.0 kWhApr 15.6 kWhApr 15.6 kWhMay 17.0 kWhMay 17.0 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Stockton are 37.958 deg latitude, -121.291 deg longitude, and 13 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Stockton is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 20 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 14 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (75 feet). Within 50 miles is essentially flat (4,324 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Stockton is covered by artificial surfaces (97%), within 10 miles by cropland (70%) and artificial surfaces (22%), and within 50 miles by grassland (36%) and cropland (35%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Stockton, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 5 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Stockton.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Stockton according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Stockton is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Stockton and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Stockton and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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